"Hereford will always be in my heart, and I will miss the school, the kids, and the people terribly," Bereska wrote in his email to the faculty on May 19. "This is a tough, tough, tough decision and for someone who makes dozens a decisions a day, I never thought anything could be so difficult."

Bereska, a new grandfather, said he wants to spend time with family, and enjoy time to ski, golf and play tennis.

Quental also said the decision to retire was a difficult one.

"I've been with the school system my whole adult life," she said. "For 40 years, it's been who I am."

She said she's looking forward to spending more time with her two grandsons and would like to volunteer and travel.

Bob Findley, principal at Edgemere Elementary, is the new principal at Fifth District.

And Prettyboy Elementary will get a new principal. Stacey Durkovic is transferring to Carney Elementary School. Sue Truesdell, an assistant to the assistant superintendent of the school system's zone 1 elementary schools, will be Prettyboy's new principal.

The following teachers and staff are also retiring at the end of the school year.

After 10 people were shot — seven of them in one incident — overnight in Baltimore following the city's most violent month in decades, police announced Sunday that 10 federal agents will embed with the city's homicide unit for the next two months.